SCHOOL 
ART  LEAGUE 

OF  NEW  YORK  CITY 


1910  1925 


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FIFTEEN  YEARS 
This  report  records 
fifteen  years  of  ser- 
vice by  the  School 
Art  League  of  New 
York  City  in  the  fos- 
tering of  good  taste 
and  the  conservation 
of  talent  among  the 
pupils  of  the  City's 
Public  Schools 


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James  Parton  Haney  was  the  leading  spirit 
of  the  School  Art  League  and  its  success  has 
been  due  chiefly  to  his  vision,  inspiration 

and  guidance 
Portrait   by   Chester   Beach   presented  to 
New  York  University 


OFFICERS 


MRS.  JOHN  W.  ALEXANDER 
.  Honorary  President 

MRS.  LAURENT  OPPENHEIM 

First  Vice-President 

FOREST  GRANT 

Chairman  Board  of  Trustees 

OTTO  H.  KAHN 

Treasurer 

FLORENCE  N.  LEVY 

Secretary 

Vice-Presidents 

Herbert  Adams  William  H.  Fox 

Frank  L.  Babbott         Charles  Dana  Gibson 
Edwin  H.  Blashfield    Cass  Gilbert 
George  Blumenthal      William  T.  O'Shea 
Robert  W.  de  Forest    Edward  Robinson 
Gustave  Straubcnm'uller 


SYLVIA   N.    MINTZ,    Asst.  Secretary 


TRUSTEES 
1925 

MRS.  JOHN  W.  ALEXANDER 

J.  HERBERT  LOW,  Principal,  Erasmus 

Hall  High  School 
HERMON  A.  MacNEIL,  Sculptor. 
MRS.  LAURENT  OPPENHEIM 
HARRY    W.     WATROUS,  President, 

National  Academy  Association 

1926 

MRS.  SAMUEL  T.  R.  CHENEY, 
Chairman,  Art  Department,  Wash- 
ington Irving  High  School 

A.  S.  FR1SSELL,  Chairman  of  Board, 
Fifth  Avenue  Bank 

EDMUND  W.  GREACEN,  Painter 

FLORENCE  N.  LEVY,  Director,  Balti- 
more Museum  of  Art 

MRS.  W.  O.  THOMPSON 

1927 

CHESTER  BEACH,  Sculptor 

M.  ROSE  COLLINS,ChairmanArt  Depart- 
ment, George  Washington  High  School 

FOREST  GRANT,  Director  of  Art  in 
High  Schools 

MRS.  ST.  CLAIR  McKELWAY 

MRS.  ERNEST  PEIXOTTO 


COMMITTEES 

Class  for  Gifted  Children — 

Mrs.  John  \V.  Alexander 
Elementary  Schools — 

Edith  M.  Loeffler 
Entertainment — 

Mrs.  John  W.  Alexander 
Finance  Committee — 

George  Blumenthal,  A.  S.  Fris 

sell,  Florence  N.  Levy 
Junior  High  Schools — 

Grace  E.  Townley 
Lectures — 

Florence  A.  Newcomb 
.  Medals  and  Prizes — 

Harry  W.  Watrous 
Membership — 

Mrs.  Laurent  Oppenheim, 

Mrs.  Samuel  T.  R.  Cheney 
Saturday  Morning  Classes — 

Forest  Grant 
Scholarship — 

Mrs.  Laurent  Oppenheim 
School  Decoration — - 

Mrs.  W.  O.  Thompson 


The  Art  -  in  -  Trades  Club   provides  this 
medal.  The  design  by  Ceceri  was  selected 
through  a  competition  held  by  the  Beaux- 
Arts  Institute  of  Design 


CO-OPERATING  SOCIETIES 


American  Federation  of  Arts 
American  Museum  of  Natural  His- 
tory 

Art  Alliance  of  America 

Art  Center 

Art-in-Trades  Club 

Architectural  League  of  New  York 

Board  of  Education,  New  York  City 

Brooklyn  Museum 

Grand  Central  Galleries 

Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art 

Municipal  Art  Society 

National  Academy  of  Design 

New  York  School  of  Applied  Design 

for  Women 
New  York  School  of  Fine  and  Ap- 
plied Art 
New  York  Water  Color  Club 
Public  Education  Association 
Pratt  Institute  School   of  Fine  and 
Applied  Arts 


A  miniature  theatre  with  full  lighting 
equipment  designed  and  executed  by  Albert 
Bliss,  one  of  the  League  scholarship  winners 


FIFTEEN  YEARS'  WORK 


199,271  attended  lectures  given  at 

.  Museums  and  exhibitions 
198,640  children  in  classrooms  and 

at  Museums  addressed  by 

Docent 

7,751  Fine  Craftsmanship  Medals 
in  Elementary  workshops 
432  Art-in-Trades  Club  Med- 
als  for  design,  High  Schools 
586  Alexander  medals  in  second 

High  School  year 
320  St.  Gaudens  medals  in  third 

High  School  year 
261  Industrial  Art  Scholarships 
to  boys  and  girls  graduating 
from  High  School 
85  pupils  in  three  free  drawing 

classes. on  Saturdays 
30  children  (8  to  15),  draw, 
paint,  carve,  etc.,  for  free 
expression  without  models, 
on  Saturdays 
If  you  think,  this  is  worthwhile  work^ 
become   a   member   of  the  League 


This  is  one  of  the  350  workshops  where  the 
Haney     Fine    Craftsmanship    Medal  is 
awarded.  Over  150  of  the  shop  teachers 
have  raised  funds  to  endow  their  medal 


HISTORY 

The  School  Art  League  was  organized 
in  February,  191 1 ,  with  JohnW.  Alex- 
ander as  its  President,  and  James  Parton 
Haney  as  Chairman  of  the  Board  of 
Managers.  Ofthe  original  Board, Miss 
Florence  N.  Levy  and  Mrs.  Laurent 
Oppenheim,  are  still  Trustees. 

It  is  a  development  of  the  Art  Com- 
mittee of  the  Public  Education  Asso- 
ciation which,  between  1896  and  1910 
spent  over  $11,000  in  pictures  and 
casts  to  decorate  some  twenty  schools. 

The  purpose  of  the  School  Art  League 
is  to  foster  the  interests  of  art  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of  the  City 
of  New  York,  and  to  secure  to  this 
end  the  co-operation  of  other  socie- 
ties. It  aids  iff  practical  ways  the 
training  of  our  city's  children  in  taste 
and  in  industrial  art  knowledge.  Its 
officers  serve  without  salary. 

The  League  was  chartered  by  the  Uni- 
versity ofthe  State  of  New  York,  1922. 


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Lecture  time  at  the  Metropolitan  Museum 
of  Art.  Similar  audiences,  averaging  500, 
gather  here  eight  Saturday  mornings  and  ten 
in  Brooklyn  in  the  autumn  and  in  the  spring 


LECTURES 

Lectures  have  been  an  important 
part  of  the  League's  work  since  1908 
when  Dr.  Haney,  as  Advisor  to  the 
Art  Cpmmitee  of  the  Public  Educa- 
tion Association,  spoke  in  a  base- 
ment room  at  the  Metropolitan 
Museum  to  a  score  of  children  and 
a  dozen  teachers  on  "The  Enjoy- 
ment of  Pictures." 

The  aim  is  to  provide  a  background 
of  knowledge  to  help  in  the  appre- 
ciation of  beauty.  The  method 
stressed  is  that  of  demonstrations 
by  the  speaker  and  participation  by 
the  audience.  Many  well  known 
artists  have  been  volunteer  speakers. 

The  program  for  the  Autumn  of 
1925  includes  22  lectures:  8  at  the 
Metropolitan  Museum,  4  at  the 
Brooklyn  Museum  and  4  at  annual 
exhibitions  for  members  and  High 
School  pupils  (Junior  members),  and 
6  for  elementary  pupils  in  Brooklyn 


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Medal  designed  by  John  Flanagan  and  en- 
dowed in  memory  of  the  League's  first 
president,  John  W.  Alexander.  Also  used 
for  the  Trophy  competed  for  each  term  by 
High  School  teams 


MEDALS 


Haney  Fine  Craftsmanship  medal, 
designed  by  Victor  D.  Brenner  in 
1909,  awarded  each  term  in  each  of 
the  350  Elementary  workshops. 

Medal  given  by  the  Art-in-Trades 
Club,  designed  by  Gaetano  Ceceri  in 
1917,  awarded  for  design  in  first  year 
ot  High  School;  60  each  year. 

John  W.  Alexander  medal,  designed 
by  John  Flanagan  in  1915,  awarded 
for  drawing  in  second  High  School 
year;  60  each  year. 

Saint- Gaudens  medal  for  Fine  Drafts- 
manship,  designed  by  Chester  Beach 
in  1917  and  endowed  by  Mrs.  Helen 
Foster  Barnett,  awarded  in  third 
High  School  year;  about  54  each  year. 

Alexander  trophy  awarded  each  term 
to  the  High  School  winning  drawing 
contest;  replicas  to  the  five  members 
of  winning  team. 


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Pen  and  ink  drawing  by  a  High  School 
pupil  in  the  Saturday  morning  class  which 
meets  at  Washington  Irving  High  School. 
The  model  is  one  of  those  lent  by  the 
Museum  of  Natural  History 


FREE  SATURDAY 
CLASSES 

Two  classes  in  drawing,  one  from 
still  life  and  the  other  from  the 
draped  model  meet  at  Washington 
Irving  High  School,  Borough  of 
Manhattan.  They  offer  oppor- 
tunities for  boys  and  girls  from  some 
30  High  Schools  to  secure  extra 
training.  A  similar  class  at  Flushing 
High  School,  Borough  of  Queens, 
was  established  in  the  autumn  of 
1925.  The  teachers'  salaries  are 
paid  by  the  League.  Exhibition  held 
at  Art  Alliance,  May,  1925. 

A  class  for  gifted  children  between 
8  and  15  years  of  age,  is  held  at 
Stuyvesant  High  School,  Borough  of 
Manhattan.  They  draw,  paint, 
model,  carve,  etc.,  according  to  their 
individual  desires  without  any  model. 
The  work  was  exhibited  at  the 
Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art  in 
May  1925. 


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Adaptation  of  a  peasant  costume  to  modern 
fashions    by  Ruth  M.  Willock,  a  League 
scholarship  winner  who  is  studying  at  Pratt 
Institute 


INDUSTRIAL  ART 
SCHOLARSHIPS 

Twenty-seven  industrial  art  scholar- 
ships were  awarded  during  1925. 
Each  of  these  enables  a  talented  boy 
or  girl  graduate  of  a  City  High 
School  to  have  one  year's  training 
at  a  professional  art  school  in  some 
branch  of  applied  art,  chiefly  com- 
mercial design,  costume  illustra- 
tion, or  interior  decoration. 

The  students  go  to  Pratt  Institute, 
New  York  School  of  Fine  and  Ap- 
plied Art  or  to  the  New  York  School 
of  Applied  Design  for  Women. 
These  scholarships  are  financed  on 
a  co-operative  basis  whereby  each 
of  these  art  schools  makes  a  conces- 
sion in  the  fees  and  the  remaining  cost 
is  defrayed  half  by  entertainments 
and  sales  by  the  High  School  pupils 
and  teachers  and  half  by  the  School 
Art  League. 


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Scholarships — Continued 

Seventeen  of  the  37  City  High 
Schools  are  represented  among  the 
present  scholarship  students.  The 
majority  have  made  good  and  some 
are  now  earning  large  salaries.  Sev- 
eral of  the  scholarships  have  been 
endowed  (Bliss,  Froehlich  and 
Haney),  others  are  supported  through 
the  co-operation  of  the  Sorosis  Art 
Committee,  and  by  contributions 
of  $25,  $50  and  $100  secured 
through  the  efforts  of  the  Scholar- 
ship Committee. 

The  students  who  have  received 
scholarships  from  the  School  Art 
League  have  formed  an  Alumnae. 
They  have  raised  funds  to  pay  the 
tuition  of  several  High  School  grad- 
uates. 


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NEW  ACTIVITIES 


The  influence  of  the  School  Art 
League  is  being  extended  into  sections 
of  Greater  New  York  far  from  the 
Art  Museums.  A  grant  from  Car- 
negie-Corporation makes  this  possible. 

A  free  Saturday  morning  class  in 
drawing  has  been  established  at  the 
Flushing  High  School,  Queens.  An- 
other  will  be  formed  at  Erasmus 
Hall  High  School,  Brooklyn. 

Talks  for  Junior  High  School  pupils 
have  been  inaugurated  at  the  Metro- 
politan Museum  and  for  Senior  High 
School  pupils  at  the  Brooklyn  Mu- 
seum. Some  are  planned  for  the 
Bronx  and  at  other  locations. 

Pencil  drawings  by  James  P.  Haney 
are  circulated;  '  other  traveling  ex- 
hibits are  planned. 

Collections  of  100  lantern  slides  each 
are  being  prepared  for  presentation  to 
seven  High  Schools. 


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A  monotype  by  Walter  Hall,  fifteen  years  ot 
age.  It  was  made  entirely  from  memory  in 
the  Saturday  morning  class  for  gifted 
children  held  at  Stuyvesant  High  School 


FINANCIAL 

Beginning  in  1908  with  ten  members 
of  the  Committee  each  giving  $i,the 
League  now  has  $19,550  in  endow- 
ment funds  and  total  assets  of 
$25,297.51. 

$  2,500.00 — Bliss  Scholarship  Fund 
3,050.00 — Frochlich  Scholarship  Fund 
4,000.00 — Haney  Scholarship  Fund 
500.00 — League  Scholarship  Fund 
1,000.00 — Alexander  Medal  Fund 
2,000.00 — Barnett  Foundation,  St.  Gau- 

dens  Medal  Fund 
500.00 — Charles     Blount  Memorial 

Medal  Fund 
4,000.00 — Haney    Fine  Craftsmanship 

Medal  Fund 
2,000.00 — General    Maintenance  fund 

(It  is  important  that  this  be 

increased  to  $25,000) 
5,747.51 — Balance  in  Banks  June  20, 

1925 

$25,297.51 


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MEMBERS 

Donors 
Alexander,  Mrs.  John  W. 
Bliss,  Mrs.  William  H. 
Blount,  Mrs.  Charles 
Blumenthal,  George 
Honorary 
*Alexander,  John  W. 

Beach,  Chester 
*Brenner,  Victor  D. 

Flanagan,  John 
*Haney,  James  P. 

Life 

Alexander,  Mrs.  John  W. 
Levy,  Florence  N. 
*Levy,  Mrs.  Isabelle  E. 
Moore,  Mrs.  Paul 
Thompson,  Mrs.  William  O. 

Patrons 
Blount,  Mrs.  Charles 
Blumenthal,  George 
Carnegie,  Mrs.  Andrew 
Cheney  Brothers 
Frissell,  A.  S. 
Harkness,  Edward  S. 
Kahn,  Otto  H. 
Osborn,  Mrs.  William  Church 
Pratt,  George  D. 
Schwartz,  Morton  L. 
Schwartz,  A.  Charles 
Stone,  Ellen  J. 
*Deceased  24 


Subscribers 
Carpenter,  Agnes 
Crane,  Mrs.  W.  Murray 
Griffith,  Susan  D. 
Henderson,  Mrs.  E.  C. 
Lowinson,  Mrs.  Louis 
Oppenheim,  Mrs.  Laurent 
Sorosis  Art  Committee 
Thompson,  Mrs.  William  O. 
Vogel,  Mrs.  Martin 

Contributors 

Abraham  and  Straus 

Bing,  Alexander  M. 

Blum,  Albert 

Cannon,  Mrs.  Henry  W. 

deForest,  Robert  W. 

Frank,  Beatrice  L. 

Gerry,  Mrs.  Robert  Livingston 

Horch,  Louis  L. 

Levy,  Edgar  A. 

Lewisohn,  Adolph 

Smith,  Mrs.  J.  Henry 

Stern,  Mrs.  Benjamin 

Tiffany,  Louis  C. 

Wise,  Mrs.  Edmund 

Annual  Members 

Agar,  John  G. 
Alexander,  Mrs.  Charles  B. 
Alexander,  Mrs.  J.  W.,  Jr. 
Altschul,  Mrs.  Charles 

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Regular  Members — Continued 

Ash,  Mrs.  Mark 

Babbott,  Frank  L. 

Baerwald,  Mrs.  Paul 

Barrows,  Louise 

Baruch,  Benjamin 

Bayer,  Mrs.  E.  S. 

Beckec,  Mrs.  Frederick  M. 

Beebe,  Dee 

Beer,  Mrs.  George 

Bernheim,  Mrs.  Isaac  J. 

Bernheimer,  Mrs.  Charles  L. 

Bernheimer,  Rosie 

Bier,  Mrs.  Sylvan 

Blashfield,  Edwin  H. 

Bleyer,  Mrs.  Alfred 

Bloch,  Mrs.  Henry  M. 

Bloomingdale,  Mrs.  Lewis  M. 

Blum,  Mrs.  Edward  C. 

Blumenthal,  Mrs.  Sidney 

Bondy,  Regina 

Bondy,  William 

Borg,  Mrs.  Sidney  C. 

Boskowicz,  Florence 

Bosworth,  Mrs.  Welles 

Browne,  Anita  F. 

Budd,  F.  W. 

Budworth,  W.  S. 

Carlebach,  Mrs.  E. 

Clarke,  E.  A.  S. 

Clarke,  Mrs.  E.  A.  S. 


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Regular  Members — Continued 

Clarke,  Thomas  B. 
Coffin,  W.  S. 
Collins,  M.  Rose 
Dakin,  Mrs.  Henry  D. 
Da  vies,  Mrs.  J.  C. 
Davis,  Mary  R. 
DeForesc,  Mrs.  Robert  W. 
DeYoung,  Mrs.  Arthur 
Draper,  Martha  L. 
Drummond,  I.  Wyman 
Ehrich,  Walter 
Eisman,  Max 
Ellis,  Mrs.  Lawrence  E. 
Emmet,  Lydia  Field 
Falco,  Marie  C. 
Fatman,  Mrs.  Morris 
Feldman,  Mrs.  S.  J. 
Finley,  Mrs.  John  H. 
Folger,  Mrs.  H.  C. 
French,  Daniel  C. 
Fridenberg,  Robert 
Friedsam,  Michael 
Fries,  Mrs.  Albert 
Fries,  Emilie 
Fry,  John 

Garritt,  Mrs.  Albert  W. 
Girls  High  School 
Goldman,  Mrs.  Julius 
Greenberg,  Morris 
Grossman,  Mrs.  Edward  A. 


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~f{egular  Members— Continued 

Guggenheim,  Mrs.  Daniel 
Guggenheim,  Simon 
Hamilton,  Alma 
Hammond,  Mrs.  John  Henry 
Hare,  Mrs.  John  I. 
Hare,  William  H. 
Hirsch,  Mrs.  Richard 
Hitchcock,  Mrs.  Ripley 
Huddleston,  Mrs.  J.  H. 
Humphreys,  Dr.  Alexander  C. 
Isidor,  Joseph  S. 
Jacob,  Mrs.  E. 
Jacobson,  Mrs.  Charles  A. 
Jones,  Francis  C. 
Kaufmann,  Mrs.  J. 
Knoedler,  Roland  F. 
Kohn,  Mrs.  Emil  W. 
Lawler,  Mrs.  Thomas  B. 
Leckie,  Mrs.  John 
Lehman,  Mrs.  Arthur 
Lehman,  Mrs.  Philip 
Levi,  Mrs.  Albert 
Levy,  Florence  N. 
Loines,  Mrs.  Stephen  B. 
McAnemy,  George 
McKelway,  Mrs.  St.  Clair 
McMahon,  Mrs.  John  B. 
MacNeil,  Hermon  A. 
Marin,  Mrs.  John  C. 
Mayer,  Mrs.  Adolph 


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~Rcgular  Members — Continued 

Meinhard,  Mrs.  Morton  H. 

Meczger,  Fannie 

Migel,  Mrs.  M.  C. 

Morse,  Alice  L. 

Murphy,  Frances 

O'Brien,  Mrs.  Dennis  F. 

Oppenheim,  Nellie 

Osborn,  William  Church 

Parrish,  Samuel  L. 

Parsons,  Frank  Alvah 

Peck,  Mrs.  Grace  W. 

Peixotto,  Mrs.  Ernest 

Pentlarge,  Mrs.  Frank 

Pollak,  Mrs.  Francis  D. 

Pond,  Ellen  J. 

Popper,  Mrs.  E.  S. 

Pratt  Institute 

Pyne*  Mrs.  Moses  Taylor 

Robinson,  Edward 

Price,  Mrs.  J.  M. 

Putnam,  Mrs.  William  A. 

Reckford,  Mrs.  Louis  C. 

Rossbach,  Mrs.  Leopold 

Rumsey,  Mrs.  Charles  Carey 

Sachs,  Dr.  B. 

Schafer,  Mrs.  Myron 

Schiff,  Mrs.  Jacob 

Scott,  Stevenson 

Shaurman,  Mrs.  Ethelyn  Fcnner 

Siegman,  Samuel  M. 


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Regular  Members — Continued- 


Smith,  Marion  C. 
Stanfield,  Mrs.  Marion  Barr 
Stone,  Annie 

Straubemuller,  Dr.  Gustavc 
Strauss,  Mrs.  Daisy 
Sutro,  Mrs.  Lionel 
Upright,  Mrs.  H.  R.,  Jr. 
Villard,  Mrs.  Henry 
Warren,  George  F.,  Jr. 
Warren,  Mrs.  George  F.,  Jr. 
Watrous,  Harry  W. 
Wearne,  Harry 
Wearne,  Mrs.  Harry 
Weitling,  William  W. 
White,  Mrs.  John  Jay 
Wilkie,  John  L. 
Wilsey,  Frank  D. 
Winthrop,  Grenville  L. 
Wolff,  Mrs.  Lewis  S. 
Zabriskie,  Edward  C. 


The  Teacher  Membership  of  the 

League  numbers   302 

The   Junior    Membership    of  the 

League  numbers   8,237 


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CLASSES  OF  MEMBERS 


Donors — who  have  contrib- 
uted $500  or  more   4 

Honorary  Members   5 

Life  Members — a  single  pay- 
ment of  $100  which  is  in- 
vested   5 

Patrons,  annual  dues  $100.  .  12 
Subscribers — annual  dues  $50  9 
Contributors — annual  dues 

$25   14 

Members — annual  dues  $5  .  .  145 
Teachers — annual  dues  $1 .  .  .  302 
Juniors  who  pay  dues  of  10 
cents  8237 

4 

A  cordial  invitation  to  become 
members  is  extended  to  all  who 
believe  in  the  value  of  the  work 
done  by  the  School  Art  League. 
Annual  dues  should  be  sent  to 
the  School  Art  League,  599 
Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City. 


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Haney  Fine  Craftsmanship 
Medal  awarded  each  term  in  each 
of  the  350  Elementary  workshops 


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